The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-28

Mr.. o. W. Lane, stove dealer and plnmbec. Mr..
Lane learned his trade in Belfast, is good work.
man, and has fine run of business. Brooks peo-
pie can do as well with Mr.. Lane by going else
where The town is having the new four per
cent bonds printed in Portland.
MoNTvnLE. Albert Stephenson closed sue
cessful term Of ten weeks of Free High School in
District No. s last week. Frank Sprowl is at
home from California after absence Of two
years. He thinks he shall not return there but go
| to Massachusetts,. f. l.. Rowell lost his wallet
| sometime last week between c. NJ. Planners
| store and his home. 1t contained small sum of
money, a note and some receipts ...J T.. Hall has
returned from his visit to New Hampshire. Fred
L. Howard was chosen school agent in District
No. 3D. and L. +. Thompson in District No. II, at
meetings last week. Thomas Thompson died at
his home last Friday at the age of %. The funeral
| services were held at the North church on Sunday
| afternoon, Rev. Mr. Drew officiating Text, 'For
me to live is Christ, and to die is gain"
BuRNHAM. That dread disease diphtheria has
been raging at the village and several deaths have
occurred. No public assemblies are now allowed
within the limits of the village. Daniel \. sher-
man died April 10Th of diphthera aged II years.
Mary l.. Harding died Thursday April DIST aged
| II years. The immediate cause of her death
relapse of the diphthcria. Gershom Twtchell is
gradually improving. Mrs Edgar Whitney is re
ported as quite ILL.,. Miss Edith Morgan, who has
been dangerously sick with diphtheria, was i'm
| proving at last accounts. Revival meetings are
| held nightly in the Horseback neghborhood and
| several conversions reported. May the good
| work so on. Rev Willard Carr and wife are
visiting friends and relatives in this place. Rev
Mr.. Straton is giving his house fresh coat Of
| paint. Miss Gertie Weymouth is engaged to
teach the school at the village IA movement is
on foot among our sporting men to build a TRACK
near the village for the purpose of giving some
of our promising horse flesh opportunity to
| develop their speed our correspondent sends
us an interesting account of Il visit to Burnham
stock farm, which we are obliged To hold over until
next week. Ed. Journal
| FREEDOM. Mr.. Drew preached his farewell ser
mon at the church last sunday. Mr. Reed is to
| preach next sunday with Il view to locating here.
| ...... Miss Ora Gowen arrived home from Boston
last saturday. Her mother, Mrs. Geo. A. Gowen.
has had partial shock, losing the use IF her left
side. The nightcap sociabe passed of pleasant
ly. Considerable excitement prevailed while bid.
| ding on the caps, which were sold at auction. 1t
was purely "hit OF miss, and when the gentlemen
| entered the hall to claim their partners plenty of
cheering was done by the spectators according as
they considered the victim to be lucky or unluckv.
To say that it was novel affair would he putting
1t mildly. Miss Lizzie NJ. Lawrence Of Fair
field has been engaged to sing at the concert this
| Thursday evening. She j. fine singer and all
that can should attend After the concert there is
to be supper, and dance. Music by Bryant Bros.
Mr.. Merithew, the Kind and obliging stage
driver from Belfast to Freedom met with Il stri-
Gus loss in losing valuable horse saturday night
The travelling was extremely bad and it is suppos-
ed the death of the animal was the result Of !.
strain. The citizens of Freedom contributed cgh,
teen dollars and hope Belfast people will go and
do likewise.
LIBERTY. On and after May lst Mc-Srs. Hunt
Il Walker will adopt standard time at their tan
merry. To those who regulate their time by the
| whistle at the tanncry are requested to state
| that the whistle will be blown at $50 and ll}0 A.
NJ, l2.30 and 80 L. NJ. standard, which will MAKE
the time of beginning and leaving oil work ahou;
| six minutes earlier than the present local time
| Take due notice thereof and regulate vour clocks
accordingly NJ j. Crcsscy, while at work at the
| Stevens mill last Friday, had one Of his legs hady
| jammcd between two logs. but are glad II
| learn that no bones were broken....M lienmen
| way of Belmont, Mass, former resident of this
village, is in town for the purpose of tiisposng o
his real estate here. 1--WE are sorry To have to re
port that Mrs. \. l.. Norton is not so well..... j
IL. Jones has moved into the house on Mill street
| recently vacated by Roscoe Cunningham and
Charles Bagley son of Richar'D will occupy the
| Mrs. Rowcl house near the upper mill dam......
| Fred Gilman has his new stable up, and Il. w
Cox and l.. c. Morse have the rocks all hauled ful
the walls to the cellars for their stables. l.. III
| Bradstreet Post G.. A. Il. will give an entertain
ment about May 10th. Full particulars neNtweek
VIM. ii. Moody, Esq. has been invited to deliver
| the memorial address May Both.
| JACKSON The travelling must he at it,
very worst; and the idea of an early spring is
abandoned. The farmers are finishing up theil
| wood piles and getting their farming implements
in order for spring work The grange store has
received a new coat of paint which has much i'm
proved its appearance ...Lcvi Rich has recently
had small room i'll his house finished up with the
outer walls mostly of glass, receptacle for his
| wife's plants, of which she has many beautiful
varieties that it is enough to confuse one to look
| them over and undertake to remember their mum.
erous and unpronouncailc names which Mrs. X. is
so perfectly familiar with. Without doubt Mrs
Rich has the finest lot of house plants to be fcsnd
in Waldo county, and her generosity in furnishing
rare flowers to her many friends, and public gath
crings as WELL j. notable. Mr.. Rich il now EN-
poyed i'll repairing and painting the outside of his
| house and putting on new blinds for the window :
....Mrs. >alomc Pattee, relct of the late D,a.
James Pattee, died last Friday, at the residence OF
| her sonin law, c. L., Pooer. Her age was about
IS years. r. W. Rowe has moved into the Par
sonagc' house and has let his old house to Mrs
Herbert of East Thornlike, but we are informed
that Mr.. Rowe intends to carry on both farms this
summer Nv. A. Parkhur~t has moved into the
old sam. johnson house. y. Il. IIondy has gone
to raising poultry quite extensive scale.
Tasker 4 Could are engaged in saving the large
stock of logs that has been put into their mill yard
during the winter j. III. Coos is saving some nice
shingles The assessors have completed the
seSsment of the highway taxes for this town....
James $. Dodge lost last week from what
IS supposed to be tuberculosis. The lungs of til,
animal, when removed, were found to he in bad
ly diseased condition. DR. Bailey was immediate
~ notified by the sclectmen but has not vet beer
heard from. y subscription paper has been circu
lated and about $40 has already been coAtributcG
to assist Mr. Dodge in buying another 5000,
Chas. Hogan has sold his farm, known H. the
| Hamilton farm to Henry Page of West Winter
port. Silas f. Spragur is to buy Mr.. Hogan othci
farm. but the writings not yet done 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Hogan will move Ia Brook.
where he will he nearer his business. ....-..W. Il
B"ody, who went from this town to swift county
Mimi, about three Years since, returned With Iii:
family To town few days ago. He is very lam,
| with rheumatism and walks with the aid Of crut
chcs
| WINrERPORT A meein" OF the Whtcrpor
Cheese Factory Corporation was held ON saturday
to consider the matter of selling their building t,
Gen. c. b. Mattocks for corn packing establish
ment \ proposition agreed upon which it i
believed will be accepted hy Gen. Mattocks, and i
now remains to obtain sufficient number o
farmers to agree to furnish corn from 200 acres o
land 1.-The Wlnterport Ferry CO. has purchase
the Lath. Rich wharf property and will make i'm
| proycments on it Mrs. Harding died of paraly
sis the bqr,e OF her daughter Mrs. III. 6 Morgan
ON Friday last ut the advanced age of -. Tn,
4 funeral services We're held ON sunday aftcrno Don
conducted by Rev. a. A. Lewis. Quarterly meet
ing services were held at the NJ. +. church ON sun
| morning service three persons We're received int,
the church by the pastor. Rev. Y. 5. Green, u
the church of Latter Day Saints, from Attlcboro
| Mass, lecturcd ut Union Hall on Sunday after
| noon and evening. Union services held a
| the Cong. vcstry ON Fast Day, conducted by Rev
\. a. Lcwis...... Mrs. May McManus from Water
willie is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. +. G
| trav The mn. street schools hpuan la 81 week